The contribution of political skill to the implementation of health services change: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The implementation of strategic health system change is often complicated by informal 'politics' in healthcare organisations. Leadership development programmes increasingly call for the development and use of 'political skill' as a means for understanding and managing the politics of healthcare organisations. The primary purpose of this review is to determine how political skill contributes to the implementation of health services change, within and across organisations. The secondary purpose is to demonstrate the conceptual variations within the literature.

Methods

The article is based upon a narrative synthesis that included quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research papers, review articles and professional commentaries that deployed the concept of pol

SUBMITTER: Clarke JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7981881 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature